action to place ninety year old richard carts and i have a was a cornered after gunfire gunfight with police and is now in hospital in a critical condition artie's an associate shooting at brings us the details from the scene. after what has been a week that seems to have lasted an eternity f.b.i. officials as well as local law enforcement were finally able to arrest and take into custody nineteen year old just outside nine of the second suspect in the boston bombings case of course on monday afternoon two bombs went off seconds apart from each other at the finishing line of the boston marathon and this entire week there has been a manhunt. two brothers that were seen as suspects in this case now this friday night officials were able to find the younger brother who was in hiding in a dry docked boat in the town of watertown just minutes away from boston a local had informed officials that he had seen

a man covered in blood and they were able to through a helicopter that had that had heat signature technology to be able to track down the young man even though he was covered up in the boat standoff between him and the police lasted for several hours and eventually they were able to arrest him and take into custody we do know that he is in serious medical condition and has been taken to a hospital in boston now to talk a little bit more about the identities of the two brothers of course we're talking about twenty six year old and a nineteen year old who have lived in the united states since two thousand and three the older brother twenty six year old to milan died last night in a shootout with police he had a green card the younger brother was a nationalized citizen they have been living in the united states for the last ten years and their colleagues and friends and former schoolmates acted shocked when they found out that these two brothers were behind the boston tragedy we do know that the f.b.i. in two thousand and eleven upon request of a foreign government. twenty six year old brother in for questioning trying to

establish whether or not he had any leads to extremist groups the united states president of course barack obama has addressed the nation really thinking cooperation and. and questioning really the fact that somebody who was brought up in the united states of course the brothers have been here for the last ten years was able to commit such a horrific act and the latest for now is that the younger brother that is now in custody is going to be treated for any kind of injuries that he had there are reports that he had blood on him and officials have confirmed that he was in fact seriously injured so he will be treated now and then the legal part of this case will certainly move forward and archie boston massachusetts. some of the most memorable pictures of from friday's manhunt in boston are available at our dot com of the news of the terror suspects capture so the wave of public euphoria through the boston area there is your magic images there in our special furniture section

where you can also see how the standoff unfolded right in an exclusive interview with the mother of the two alleged bombers told r.t. that one of her sons had been hounded by the f.b.i. for several years but that there is no way either of the brothers could have been involved in any terrorist attack archies medina caution about travel today it's an insult to russia where the mother now lives or to find out more about the family's back story. the investigation into the background of this have knives brothers has brought us here to this part of the capital of dagestan now this is the house where their parents live however as we try to reach them this morning it turned out that they fled to the neighboring region of chain to their relatives to avoid all the attention meanwhile this morning i managed to speak to the mother of the two brothers and she told me how devastated she is and that she still can't believe

that her son may have been involved in the bombings in our house nobody talked about that there were even my son printed. or what they got involved in the. you know. i really do believe that. he was told by a b i like by the by he knew that they knew what my son was doing they knew what action what. he was going how could this happen how could they were conjoined. never ever had this is not my two sons are in and those neighbors we spoke to are shocks they said that it was a very nice and a very quiet family. i know the brothers very well from the childhood we used to live in chechnya together i was the neighbor then we moved here i know they couldn't have carried out the attack and they couldn't have been involved in it

they spent most of their lives in the u.s. studied the books that they didn't have any links with the hobbyists and other militants the youngest brother john had on his plate have the social network spent back to mansion at this school number one in the high school and one of those places where he used to study however here are very few people remember that saddam lives brother's. family came to darkest on in september two thousand and one with the boys' school then they apparently managed to get paid. to leave duncan stone they left in less than they didn't spend a long time and they didn't. they first entered the school together with their two sisters back in two thousand and one however for a very short period of time and in two thousand and two they left the united states . russia as a special services have also stress of the boston bombing suspects have a very attorney as connection to russia as they haven't lived there for so many

years here's what a source in the russian intelligence has said since i did so not have brothers did not to reside in russia a special services could not provide our foreign partners with any valuable intelligence on them but russia's special services are still working closely with that the american partners here is another quote we've established communication or through the appropriate channels and our contacts will continue. warned against classing domestic and foreign. terrorism right up to emerge that the alleged bombers have links to to russia's north caucasus region former mayor rudy giuliani also already admitted that the u.s. has for a long time turned to a blind eye to terrorism in the north caucasus western media have tended to put trade the armed groups in the mountainous region as freedom fighters as a year she explains. when news broke of an unexpected north caucasus traced to the boston bombings literally every global media outlet was quick to put the word into

their headlines told their source that they fled the russian caucus to chechnya he is an ethnic chechen brothers is that to be ethnic chechens lived in kurdistan and dagestan before coming to the u.s. the two suspects were branded as coming from a russian region close to chechnya indeed many may need reminding of the name and location of republic of the distance where the two supposedly came from but the word certainly rings bells probably because of the media headlines in the one nine hundred ninety s. and at the beginning of the new millennium that's when russia had a military operation in the north caucasus. russian troops deployed in the republic can finally be drawn and the rebels fighting for independence or go have been dramatically reduced it without cause the church of independence could no become the ultimate you can't that conflict often went beyond the borders of the chechen republic let's remember apartment buildings bombed in moscow a theater siege in the russian capital and

a school takeover in russia's north thousands of civilians were killed but the man who had blood on their hands were often described as freedom fighters and rebels by the western media at times it even sounded like a romantic image the reality is that in the north caucasus russia has been fighting the same war which america embarked upon after the twin towers were brought down against global terrorism mosco never made a secret that those fighting on the side of the chechen militants were closely tied to al qaeda and were financed from abroad by terrorist organizations worldwide but it's only after nine eleven the transport bombings in madrid and london that understanding the notion that terrorism has no nationality has started to appear in the global media from freedom fighters to armed dangerous terrorists most wanted man in america years have passed media labels have changed the question is whether it change in attitude towards a common enemy will follow in due course. security expert a junket bag of says a less than ten should for us abandon its cold logic even policy sympathizing with

chechen separatists since the collapse of the soviet union of december one thousand nine hundred one the united states has continued to deal with russian issues based on its old cold war paradigm and to a large degree the us originally came out in support of the chechen cause for independence it was in the enemy of my enemy is my friend paradigm and the russians continue to be perceived that is inherently bad inherently evil that he will going back to the soviet era and the american perspective was that any group of people trying to rescue their independence from russia therefore them must be good and this all significant measure of u.s. government will support even to the extent of providing political asylum for one of the top chechen leader there is who was at the time under indictment for terrorism in russia. and the czech republic has someone done willingly and undeservedly

become tangled up in the boston terrorist attack after the internet lit up in the confusion over exactly where and even want to chechnya was the small north caucasus province and up of being widely mistaken for the czech republic a member of the european union and a nature and a close ally of the united states twenty and of facebook have been awash with posts about the czech republic's role in the boston bombings in fact eager is a server far and so bad that the czech government was forced to step in to clear up the confusion the country's ambassador to the united states released a statement condemning the boston attacks and offering condolences to the victims' families but making it quite clear that the czech republic should not be confused with chechnya national security is something that the united states has been pouring billions of dollars into since nine eleven but after two young men with crude homemade bombs managed to cause the devastation of

a public event in boston that investments is now being questioned marina explains. in a post nine eleven america washington has taken wide reaching measures and defense friend spending has hit unprecedented levels because officials say that's what was needed to keep america safe the department of homeland security was created along with many other law enforcement agencies the patriot act was passed sent up a very complex and far reaching surveillance system which includes c.c.t.v. cameras in major cities facial recognition iris scanning cyber surveillance and officials say this was all to keep americans safe as was the passage of the national defense authorization act in addition to all the measures that have been taken domestically over the past twelve years america has waged two wars overseas that have cost the country more than two trillion dollars but after the events that

unfolded about boston marathon bombings many critics believe that washington has spent a large amount of money and wasted a lot of resources and at the end of the day it has not kept americans any safer this illusion that technology is going to save us that filling our skies with drones and covering our buildings with surveillance cameras and treating every airline passenger as a contingent terrorist is going to save us is an incredible delusion the idea that we're going to continue on the course we're on in these terms and then save ourselves through technology is an incredibly misguided delusion earlier this week u.s. secretary of state john kerry insisted that that america's investment in front policy is national security insurance but as this past week has shown the cost of pressure

cookers does not amount to a lot of money and washington's investment wasn't enough to prevent a deadly terrorist attack in boston that claimed the lives of three people and hospitalized more than one hundred seventy reporting from new york marina port naya r.t. . right tell us how you think of the bombing boston bombing rather investigation will unfold on our t dot com we have a poll there that we've put up for you let's take a look right now what you've said so far right sixty one percent of you believe that the second suspect will die in hospital and sixteen percent of you believe that the brothers are guilty and acted on their own account only thirty percent of you believe that a third suspect may appear while ten percent of you believe there is a monster mind who will be revealed in time so cost shivered at r.t. dot com.

when we come back i'm all the world the latest and developing news including the formula one race of rage in bahrain.

the international airport in the very heart of moscow. thanks for staying with our team iraq's first election since u.s. combat troops pulled out is being overshadowed by attacks reports of blasts and mortar find the polling stations are mounting at the end of a campaign that's seen a spike in violence in recent weeks with more than a dozen candidates assassinated and sectarian tension is rising it doesn't look like the new beginning many hopeful as you see catherine off reports from baghdad.

there's been about a dozen small explosions in northern cities in iraq in three different areas as well as several rounds of mortar fire that have landed in several cities polling stations targeting polling stations south of baghdad we're hearing that there have been injuries but no casualties confirmed as of yet now this comes amid incredibly tight security restrictions here all across iraq even getting to the studios here in baghdad we have to pass multiple checkpoints and what these attacks indicate is that despite these security restrictions determined insurgents are still able to carry out waves of violence and of course this comes on the heel on the heels of numerous attacks that have rocked iraq in recent months and weeks now what we're hearing from voters here is that the corruption is really the number one concern they feel that of corruption was addressed in these kinds of attacks wouldn't really be taking place so much well most of them have been blamed on the insurgency the revived insurgency of al qaida in iraq there are it's clear by talking to

voters that there are plenty of other parties and political interests that are vested in this wave of violence we do know that elections have been postponed in a third of iraq's provinces including the controversial anbar province where large scale demonstrations have been taking place over the past three months against this government we here at r.t. had a chance to get into a very difficult journey despite the roadblocks despite a ban on journalists to actually enter the area but we want to find out what the people there have to say about these elections and about the situation in iraq today and let's play you that report right now this is rather a dangerous area for me that's why i'm dressed like this i'm trying to not attract as much attention foreign journalists have been banned from covering these protests from entering the amber province altogether and al qaeda elements are still here in fact among the crowd you'll see some black flags later on when we go into to the

crowd. which have been associated with al qaeda groups the protesters have been demanding more equality they feel like they've been discriminated by the shiite led government of nouri al maliki they want a change in power in politics they want more rights they want more quality they also want a different political system now they are province forces been the heart of the insurgency and the war now it's the heart of the anti-government protests perhaps a fault line of sorts that threatens to divide iraq let's go and talk to some of the people. who don't believe in this election we don't believe in it because it's sick tarion sectarian sectarian. all the candidates for the government the system is unjust which is why we are proposing here we're demanding change to the constitution and this government. these people will not be turning out to vote for saturday's provincial elections

that's the first election since americans have left from the country in december of twenty eleven the government has postponed elections and several sunni provinces the anbar province where we're located right now as well as the middle of a province the government says this is because of security and indeed attacks have been escalating over the past weeks and months but most of the iraqis that you speak to here say that this is not the case it's politically motivated of course the recent weeks have proven just that a bloody backdrop to the elections numerous attacks all across the country have killed scores of civilians there's been political assassinations of candidates running for office political gatherings have been targeted on thursday a car bomb took place in baghdad in a largely sunni area in a cafe internet shop where a lot of young people tended to go out it's a situation that's reflective of the state of iraq today a country that has been torn apart by war but doesn't seem to be and closer to

healing the wounds in the divisions that have been unleashed during that occupation . let's on our team will take a closer look at what life in iraq has been like since the american troops left revelations from across the spectrum in baghdad tex in about ten minutes from the. mirror image of iraq after a facial. twenty day taxi trip through the country. the road full of danger. clear evidence from north to south. the ridgeback of iraqi tragedy. after the war waiting for peace. baghdad taxi on our t.v. . from all of this how as world news and now a powerful earthquake measuring six point six in magnitude has struck china's southwestern sichuan province leaving over one hundred fifty people did thousands of others injured and almost ten thousand homes destroyed as army units have been

devoted to the stricken area to search for survivors as you try to shoot you. but his sons of former leader pervez musharraf will remain in judicial custody for two weeks after being arrested on friday it's unclear whether he will be placed under house arrest police custody or in jail until his next court appearance on may the fourth in charge is accused of illegally detaining judges and suspending the constitution not imposing emergency rule back in two thousand and seven. as sunday's a formula one grand prix in behind the heads of all the stuff line the pro-democracy protests also rival revving up as of thousands have turned out in recent days accusing the event of racing on their blood they blocked roads with burning tires and hurling petrol bombs a drive police responded with tear gas there have been more than two years of protests in bahrain often ending in violence or with police with more than seventy people killed on both sides the country's most famous human rights activists and

a real rich serving jail sentence for posting anti-government messages on twitter as another activism jihan the cause because a really explains of the opposition is always powerless to influence the situation in the kingdom. during the urgency security emergency law before two years their regime was arresting every person who was trying to talk and expose the region violations maybe roger was the only voice who was talking behalf of the people to the media and he was in contact with the human rights organizations being human rights activists unfortunately we don't have that much power to improve the situation what we can do. is just to document the cases delivered to human rights organizations and spread the weirdness of being peaceful in the process the sunni report came up with with this saying that the government

should rehab elate torture victims they did not take a step and this. right to the regime is also getting tougher on journalists trying to cover the crackdown of british t.v. crew is the latest to be deported from a big country on the line right now with out on those thoughts as bush al hindi a member of the trains opposition and party bush right if you can hear me amnesty international accuses the authorities of using the event to show progress while stepping up the repression in order to ensure nothing disturbs the public image how do you see it. bush or are you able to hear me yes and hear you how do you not see what's been happening so far. and you.

bushra yet will try again with bush or bush or amnesty international like uses the authorities of using this event particularly to show as a stepping up of repression how do you see things the. sone i can't hear you can you repeat the questions ok we we're going to try and get back to bush or al hindi in the next hour with kevin irwin but right now terror attacks on u.s. soil and the green light for a controversial cybersecurity bill for you and a discussion in breaking the set here on r t do stay with us.

i reckon cardiologist dr omar. claims that the war in iraq destroyed iraq's environment even worse than dropping the bomb on hiroshima did dr e.c. puts the data that the number of press cancer cases has grown in the country from fifteen to thirty times cases of congenital heart disease have become fifteen times more frequent case of leukemia have increased thirty fold the doctor puts the blame on the weapons used in the one thousand nine hundred one and two thousand and three invasions of iraq and which nato forces used white phosphorus depleted uranium rounds and other toxic gases and poisonous substances human rights watch and the world health organization have measured radiation levels in iraq and consider many places in iraq even some very far from the fighting to be contaminated naturally radiation is not racist and foreign soldiers in iraq are not immune usa today even published research results that found that depleted uranium was indeed in the lungs and other organs of navy vets who filed for health compensation claims yeah you

know saddam hussein seemed like a pretty bad guy but there are always ways to get around the confines of a dictatorship but there is no way to escape from radiation it is truly the present so for the invasions of iraq and good for the iraqis well it doesn't seem to be doing too good for their physical health but that's just my opinion. the neighborhood international airport in the very heart of moscow.

to live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous bad luck i've got so many i mean the towns that i've seen the scene really messed up. and we're all for it so personally apologize it's. the worst you're going to go live outside of a. radio guy minestrone awfully. close to did you ever seen anything like this i'm told. you guys i imagine martin in this break in the set and the chaos that's been easy to overlook this week marks two important anniversary events that still live in the minds of millions of americans in april nineteenth one thousand nine hundred three

seventy six people died in waco texas when u.s. armed forces seized a compound housing the religious group the branch davidian started off with an intent to carry out a search warrant based on a tip of the group having a stockpile of illegal weapons. into a fifty one day standoff eventually federal agents used tanks to bust holes in the compound and pump and tear gas shortly after a mysterious fire ensued on the building when dozens of men women and children burned the lives of the time the d.o.j. told the public that the fire was a result of a mass suicide and it took six years for the f.b.i. to admit that they were the ones who started the fire. but to this day however no members of law enforcement ever been held accountable for this massacre and on this same day two years later with the oklahoma city bombing on wednesday april nineteenth one thousand nine hundred five at nine am a massive explosion went off in the alford humor.